Overview

My primary focus has been on the treatment of fibroids in primarily reproductive-aged women, uterine anomalies, and other anatomic causes of infertility that can be addressed surgically. I also maintain a very robust infertility practice where I help patients start their families.

Biography

I completed my undergraduate training at the University of Texas at El Paso, majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry.&nbsp; I matriculated to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston for medical school, and in 1988, also participated in a summer internhsip at the NIH working with the development of a rapid diagnostic skin test for people infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, before starting my clinical years. I completed my internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LBJ Hospital and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. I finally left Texas and ventured to the northeast, where I did my fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at New England Medical Center / Tufts Medical School.

I stayed on staff at NEMC for 6 years before moving to Massachusetts General Hospital. Over my career, I have focused on the surgical aspect of infertility and reproduction. This includes endometriosis, fibroids, surgical repair of uterine anomalies and scar tissue, and repair of damaged fallopian tubes. I also co-direct the MGH Integrated FIbroid Program. I have a strong interest in fertility treatment outcomes, reproductive surgery outcomes, environmental factors and reproduction, diversity in reproductive health care treatments.

Multimedia

The multidisciplinary MIGS Center includes specialized MIGS fellows and a variety of other specialists. Our surgeons take a collaborative approach to patient care to determine the best procedure for each patient. Meet members of the MIGS team and hear a patient story in this video by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Painful fibroids kept opera singer Denyce Graves from conceiving. With the help and expertise of John Petrozza, MD, director of the Division of Reproductive Medicine and In Vitro Fertilization and co-director of the Mass General Fibroid Program, she gave birth to a baby girl. &quot;He was the most hopeful of all the doctors I'd seen,&quot; she said.

John Petrozza, MD, chief of the Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center, discusses how patients benefits from having a fertility center within a hospital.